What is Barometer?

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...